Genesis 1
1IN THE beginning God (prepared, formed, fashioned, and) created the heavens and the earth.H7225H430H1254H853H8064H853H7762The earth was without form and an empty waste, and darkness was upon the face of the very great deep. The Spirit of God was moving (hovering, brooding) over the face of the waters.H776H1961H8414H922H2822H6440H8415H7307H430H7363H5921H6440H43253And God said, Let there be light; and there was light.H430H559H1961H216H2164And God saw that the light was good (suitable, pleasant) {and} He approved it; and God separated the light from the darkness.H430H7200H853H216H3588H2896H430H914H996H216H996H28225And God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.H430H7121H216H3117H2822H7121H3915H6153H1242H259H31176And God said, Let there be a firmament [the expanse of the sky] in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters [below] from the waters [above].H430H559H7549H8432H4325H914H4325H43257And God made the firmament [the expanse] and separated the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse. And it was so.H430H6213H7549H914H4325H834H8478H7549H4325H834H5921H7549H36518And God called the firmament Heavens. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.H430H7121H7549H8064H6153H1242H8145H31179And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be collected into one place [of standing], and let the dry land appear. And it was so.H430H559H4325H8064H6960H413H259H4725H3004H720010God called the dry land Earth, and the accumulated waters He called Seas. And God saw that this was good (fitting, admirable) {and} He approved it.H430H7121H3004H776H4723H4325H7121H3220H430H7200H289611And God said, Let the earth put forth [tender] vegetation: plants yielding seed and fruit trees yielding fruit whose seed is in itself, each according to its kind, upon the earth. And it was so.H430H559H776H1876H1877H6212H2232H2233H6529H6086H6213H6529H4327H834H2233H77612The earth brought forth vegetation: plants yielding seed according to their own kinds and trees bearing fruit in which was their seed, each according to its kind. And God saw that it was good (suitable, admirable) {and} He approved it.H776H3318H1877H6212H2232H2233H4327H6086H6213H6529H2233H4327H430H7200H289613And there was evening and there was morning, a third day.H6153H1242H7992H311714And God said, Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be signs {and} tokens [of God's provident care], and [to mark] seasons, days, and years,H430H559H3974H7549H8064H914H3117H3915H226H4150H3117H814115And let them be lights in the expanse of the sky to give light upon the earth. And it was so.H3974H7549H8064H215H77616And God made the two great lights--the greater light (the sun) to rule the day and the lesser light (the moon) to rule the night. He also made the stars.H430H6213H8147H1419H3974H1419H3974H4475H3117H6996H3974H4475H3915H355617And God set them in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth,H430H5414H7549H8064H215H77618To rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good (fitting, pleasant) {and} He approved it.H4910H3117H3915H914H216H2822H430H7200H289619And there was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.H6153H1242H7243H311720And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly {and} swarm with living creatures, and let birds fly over the earth in the open expanse of the heavens.H430H559H4325H8317H8318H2416H5315H5775H5774H5921H776H6440H7549H806421God created the great sea monsters and every living creature that moves, which the waters brought forth abundantly, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good (suitable, admirable) {and} He approved it.H430H1254H1419H8577H2416H5315H7430H4325H8317H4327H3671H5775H4327H430H7200H289622And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let the fowl multiply in the earth.H430H1288H559H6509H7235H4390H4325H3220H5775H7235H77623And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.H6153H1242H2549H311724And God said, Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, creeping things, and [wild] beasts of the earth according to their kinds. And it was so.H430H559H776H3318H2416H5315H4327H929H7431H2416H776H432725And God made the [wild] beasts of the earth according to their kinds, and domestic animals according to their kinds, and everything that creeps upon the earth according to its kind. And God saw that it was good (fitting, pleasant) {and} He approved it.H430H6213H2416H776H4327H929H4327H7431H127H4327H430H7200H289626God said, Let Us [Father, Son, and Holy Spirit] make mankind in Our image, after Our likeness, and let them have complete authority over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the [tame] beasts, and over all of the earth, and over everything that creeps upon the earth.H430H559H6213H120H6754H1823H7287H1710H3220H5775H8064H929H776H7431H7430H77627So God created man in His own image, in the image {and} likeness of God He created him; male and female He created them.H430H1254H120H6754H6754H430H1254H2145H5347H125428And God blessed them and said to them, Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it [using all its vast resources in the service of God and man]; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and over every living creature that moves upon the earth.H430H1288H430H559H6509H7235H4390H776H3533H7287H1710H3220H5775H8064H2416H7430H77629And God said, See, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the land and every tree with seed in its fruit; you shall have them for food.H430H559H2009H5414H6212H2232H2233H6440H776H6086H6529H6086H2232H2233H1961H40230And to all the animals on the earth and to every bird of the air and to everything that creeps on the ground--to everything in which there is the breath of life--I have given every green plant for food. And it was so.H2416H776H5775H8064H7430H776H2416H5315H3418H6212H40231And God saw everything that He had made, and behold, it was very good (suitable, pleasant) {and} He approved it completely. And there was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.H430H7200H834H6213H3966H2896H6153H1242H8345H3117
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